Phish-2001, 9/29/99 Pyramid Arena, Memphis, TN

[@phunkysuzie]

Phish 3.0 is awesome and amazing.. But man, this was the era of long intros. So much build up, so much anticipation. The jam.. before the jam 💣💣💣

[@janbudin5900]

Third eye completely open for everyone who is into this magic music flow

[@cdub9510]

This my only show in 99 (besides cypress) and the entire thing is so evilphish funk insanity! Froze my ass off riding in the back of a pickup back to Arkadelphia... 😊 Worth every second!

[@johnbrooksharris1023]

Everyone needs to go listen to this again when you’re perfectly stoned Trey had more going on with the build up. BEST LOOP JAM EVER!!!!!!!!!I I was front and center

[@acereraser6088]

I was there with you. Continual wow and wtf, along with oh yeahhhh

[@billypetro1940]

Stumbled on this scrolling threw old phish stuff. Holy Jesus! This is absolutely insane

[@MrHooks-hh7wc]

My only trip to Memphis. Saw no reason to return after Phish utterly destroyed it.🔥

[@jodyneal4969]

They haven't either lol

[@andrewdyke5561]

I think this is the best 2001 period

[@shawnsimmons1308]

That night will forever be imprinted into my memory!! The first time I ate a sugar cube saturated with three drops of pristine LSD. The second time I had the pleasure of witnessing a Phish show in person. And the moment when I met four individuals who instantly became longtime, close friends. The first time I had the opportunity to go on a life changing adventure with assistance from a piece of a peyote cactus. I’m so grateful to you for sharing this video with us.

[@haydenblanford4272]

What is recreational peyote like? Lmao. I’ve never heard of it being used at a concert like that😂

[@3ldnah]

@@haydenblanford4272nice try narc

[@backwoods518]

this is pure form of showing that less is more for Phish - slow and steady wins the race!

[@ivandad]

this makes me wanna quit my job and drive aimlessly across the prairie

[@lutherallison4009]

Why I have not stopped seeing them as much as possible since my first in 95

[@lutherallison4009]

They LOVE the SOUTH TOO!!!!

[@deweytucker5413]

Definitely a four piece astronaut experience

[@thejamnasium6447]

Phish should do a Bass Pro Shops tour. just play every BPS in the nation

[@trenttalley924]

id hop on that bus

[@ghays9742]

The pyramid wasn't named after a corporation in 99 it was just called the Memphis Pyramid like all the other arenas. They had original names with no corporate tag, like the Oakland Coliseum.

[@JavaoftheLava]

Holy shit, that reverse delay was perfect for this jam.

[@alexkickscan]

Totally. Such sick tone all over.

[@jonathanspeakman9482]

Trey be like: "I got just the thing for you hungry little spunions."

[@bostonmish4533]

Anyone else hearing Page sliding in references to Femme D'Argent throughout? Beyond great!!!

[@trenttalley924]

incredible reference whether it was intentional at all. Late 90's has such a great chill sound buzzing around. Love Air and the Moon Safari album

[@Pabstmear]

Underrated comment thread here.

[@Pabstmear]

Any time stamps ??? Just listened to Femme and started this one again!!!

[@Duneadaim]

Fish holdin that beat for soo damn long 💪💪💪

[@cdub9510]

He's a robot in a dress....look it up...😂

[@deweymason4150]

The meaning in my thought respecting above my head the joy in sound brings in justice talents found just outside myself.

[@alexkickscan]

Can't believe I just found this now. Funky Phish indeed!

[@neilfox3208]

I was tripping balls at this show. how awesome it was. went jail driving home to Nashville for pot possession. oh well

[@stevetyrell8721]

Don't drive tripping balls and you won't get busted

[@unsavorydiplomat1559]

Steve Tyrell smart advice but I’d say not always the easiest to follow...

[@usernamewaster]

I drove once a good 2 hours after peaking and though I'd be fine. about an hour into the drive something went off and I snapped back into visuals. I pulled off the side of the road within 5 minutes and rode that shit out. NEVER drive after tripping. Its worse than alcohol or texting. just dont do it.

[@posternutbag91]

@@stevetyrell8721 To Neil's defense, I'm sure he doesn't make the same decisions in 2020 as he did in 1999.

[@richlittlefield5899]

Phuck!!!

[@SpaceTimeTeleportal]

My only birthday Phish show in attendance. They delivered. 🖖 Mind blown.

[@elaztec.aztecca]

So you share the same birthday as Trey then..

[@headfullofacid8088]

My only birthday show was 11/24/09

[@matthewcdupre]

so wish I could get into a time machine... I always thought that summer of 97 to fall of 2000 was their best moments!

[@liamsdad33]

The Dupre indeed

[@kevinbrennan7908]

You said a mouthful 96 -2000 were the best shows.

[@kookedout4203]

Amen!

[@apolloone5900]

97 the year Phish destroyed America

[@thisguyrighthere3647]

I enjoyed being late teens/early 20's as well.

[@HeadStashTx]

Could this be the best "2001" ever? I think so.

[@benjaminfredrick5791]

+headstashatx Lemonwheel is up there too.

[@benjaminfredrick5791]

+headstashatx You might be right.

[@nickl1768]

Absolutely

[@sybo7617]

MJ tribute?? Maybe... But this is like type 4😵!!!

[@Improvise1013]

this one is definitely up there

[@matthewmead1646]

I got floor seats and being on the floor at the pyramid is like seeing them in a club. me and my buddy walked right up to front of the stage. I had only been seeing them since 97 so I only knew hockey arenas and huge outdoor venues. this was a great intimate experience. I can hardly remember anything but this 2001 (I remember a cities towards end of 2nd set) and was blown away then and I listen to it from time to time and it's always surprises me with renewed freshness and new surprises

[@MarvinMonroe]

Skipped a lot of 99 after getting burnt after with 98. Went to Star Lake and tripped balls after splitting a 5 strip with a friend. That really reinvigorated me and my love for Phish. So that same friend and I drove down to Memphis from Cincinnati area. Rolled at this show Then that December saw the 2 Cincy shows and rolled each night. Then Big Cypress and rolled during every set down there. Would have liked to dose at Big Cypress. It just got to the point in 1999 where pressies and molly were so much easier to find than were doses

[@newusernamehere4772]

Doses were hard to find in 99 bc most of America's LSD was being funneled into Fish and Trey's bloodstreams

[@MarvinMonroe]

@@newusernamehere4772 summer 2000 tour doses were definitely around a lot though

[@joelolive1575]

wow - glad i decided to listen to this. so good...so angry. loved the 2001's from the late 90's...would have loved to have been there for this one!

[@phunkyglass]

the BEST 2001 ever by Phish. I can remember most if not all of the top section of the arena was empty. This whole show was fuckin great. never gets old. I was on the rail for this night

[@elaztec.aztecca]

One of the BEST sir

[@thephunkyb]

Dark, sexy, angry Phish. Just how I like it.

[@msg2743]

I may be a curmudgeon, but 3.0 Phish been bothering me.

[@harmoniousthreads]

made the west coast shows this tour but had to miss the SE shows so i could be cool and stay in school. got my hands on a tape of this show shortly after it happened. listened to it DAILY

[@elaztec.aztecca]

Night after Bham (good place to get some thinking done!) funk fest with Robert Palmer and Meters etc then of course (Trey’s birthday... anyone remember the contest? Key of D folks) the Pyramid sports a friggin Cities! Just a stellar dare I say immaculate run, so... wow... the remain in lite Halloween’96 > Ghost funk vibe spooky and deep >> thru Hartford Murfreesboro > the Magic City sneakin Sally funkfest nite before this pyramid treys rager bday pardee y’all was smokin hot

[@jodyneal4969]

Present. Best 2001 ever played. Crazy fun show. Trey in a boot. They were on one & so were we.

[@bradysmith5133]

trey in a boot? like for an injury?

[@jodyneal4969]

@@bradysmith5133 yup

[@cdub9510]

So so so so good....

[@rutheford13]

They are in a different phase now. This recording is amazing, enjoy the groove.

[@msg2743]

feel like we're in some Dead 90's fucking nightmare

[@_grateful_zen_4515]

This is trippy, one of my favorites.

[@thejestersarchives]

Love to get back to this....:)

[@pstash1993]

Top phish.

[@lutherallison4009]

Also that was the show they had the, “WIN A DATE WITH FISHMAN” CONTEST!!! The trivia question’s answer was. The key of D. And I AM not bullshitting the people sitting next to us were friends with the chick that won it. And they were talking to all of saying their friend probably was going to win it! True story pholks!

[@cdub9510]

I thought it was Key of A. My roommate was right behind number 1....

[@melanicu]

a black lab broke into the pyramid during the encore. he was stoked.

[@tomm3315]

I don't get it..

[@tomm3315]

Can I get in AND keep my soul?? I love you either way..

[@mattclarkson1825]

more deets please

[@glyph241]

Melaniejane Barnum 🍀 🐕💓💗🌬💨🎏

[@astavely56]

Virtually every Phish show can be streamed/downloaded at phishows.com

[@Oceanmachine27]

Trey starts laying down some straight Hendrix fire at 15:35 that just keeps getting hotter. Fucking wicked.

[@bryanbarham6823]

Sad that this place is a Bass Pro Shop now. Killer 2001, though!

[@benjaminfredrick5791]

Gordon and Fish are locked in . Trey and Page are in their own worlds = 3rd eye...

[@ColliePixels]

I bought some micro dot in the lot at this show. took nearly forever to come on.

[@incidentalist]

LUL - reminds me of Alpine Valley 04 - thought it was bunk, THEN it hit, hard!!

[@So_Stupendous]

this jam is like drowning in carmex....nom

[@Lukasplatt]

I agree Relicman1853! Powerful show!! Had to be there to understand it!!

[@BrianShadFall]

This is your ticket to travel to distant alien worlds...

[@AEIOU_Y]

BRILLIANT

[@phishphinder23]

I'm pretty sure they knew the acoustics sucked so they made this angry so that all the sounds would continuously bounce off the walls of the Mid. Ive never seen trey try to trace his foot pedals wahs so much off all the walls. I think he didn't look down once the whole show. Def a 2001 to remember but not the greatest. I was GA Mike's side all night, just jammin away. Loved the rendezvous reference in cities. Was begging for pyite all night...

[@mattferrara6472]

phishphinder23 great imagery bouncing the reverb all over !!

[@ryanengelstad2811]

I love some 99 trey explosion wailings.

[@wizzlemane7308]

That hitter!

[@Inspectorjim]

My favorite 2001

[@freedo333]

i was there. tho i don't remember a drop of the show except for boogie-ing. lots & LOTS dancing. kids dont seem to dance any more

[@steveo21882]

You are wrong good sir I love dancing

[@Gumbo72203]

Steve O If you watch most 3.0 videos, the crowds behind the band.... nobody is dancing. They're all just kind of standing there. Now, put on the video of the 12/7/99 Halley's Comet, and that crowd is getting THE FUCK down. Granted..... it was the 12/7/99 Halley's that they were getting to witness being made. Most of all 3.0 material pales in comparison to that, but still....

[@steveo21882]

Gumbo72203 I understand, but I went to oak mountain last summer the crowd was dancing, didn't see a single person not dancing, and the energy was great.

[@stephencm3217]

Gumbo72203 I dunno bro, the current tour might be better than some stuff they've put out before the hiatus.

[@steveo21882]

stephencm321 yeah, nashville was dope, best show I've been to, and Mikes 2nd jam.

[@benjaminfredrick5791]

This version explains the madman.

[@johnmullen1796]

One day We will get down to this again Jeff

[@jerryseeds1148]

the GOAT

[@redshutter33]

This is fantastic. This is fantasti. This is fantast. This is fantas. This is fanta. This is fant. This is fan. This is fa. This is f. This is.

[@magicman28131]

I fucking love September 99

[@StanleeMouseslm]

I wonder what happened to this building {it's a giant store now) 1995, 1999 the only 2 times I was at this venue... I was selling goo balls down by the River asking "do you smell home cooking" which prompted several Cities conversations throughout the day. Paul did a good Job with this building's sound bringing the soud up way up 👆 to PAR. It was a tough place to get a clean sound. CK5 I'm sure was terrific as always, I honestly can't remember, not a chance?

[@Isaac.Garcia666]

I think it was turned into a bass pro shop

[@sybo7617]

Im here again! So sad so many people don't get it!😕

[@TheStax420]

my birthday show, king solomon remembers doug the nugg,strictlyonpoint

[@jodyneal4969]

93-00 PEAK

[@patrickmorley9844]

Yes I agree, they we're just tuning themselves before Cyprus🍀

[@LRDonTbUYiT]

we love this (:::::)

[@harmoniousthreads]

10:45

[@gotsmurb72]

Liftoff

[@EatAPeach25285]

The most tripped out, angry, and 2

[@knopfweberclark]

This sounds like a soundboard recording. Can anyone help a fellow traveler to the rest of the show soundboard as well? I’ve seen some epic shows and this is probably my all around favorite, atmosphere, circumstance and set list. Please help me party like it’s 9/29/99

[@freedom8734]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EatAPeach25285]

2001 I've ever heard...my iPhone ended my comment prematurely lol

[@rutheford13]

Wow. "Please me have no regrets"

[@sybo7617]

Gooood Lord!!!#''

[@cdub9510]

Right!

[@alexvimo8739]

Hanging Man Lurks the PYRAMID AS WELL Looking for those who lust Gold and Dwell in Palaces…..

[@gregoryjames7103]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@josephmoore1212]

15:32 hitten gangster

[@thevillageshaman]

Effing Nice..thats a tone ive never heard

[@Sublime-FanPage]

Wow™️

[@GratefulShredd]

woah

[@anthonyjames32]

Which source is this? Sounds great!

[@TheWhiteReddFoxx]

My B day. WoW

[@lukecurran1198]

get it on

[@iamthebuddha]

This is so fucking sick, what a blast.

[@pedronub322]

What unreal

[@stevea3149]

I haven’t dosed in over 25 years. I prefer microdot. Who wants to get together for a show, help me find my fix and just jam...?

[@runme69]

Who are the 19 losers at life who gave this thumbs down?

[@alexvimo8739]

🗺️ Kremlin’s InnerCircle 🗺️

[@castinajig]

peep the 5 people who suck at phish

[@taylororr7724]

coneman420. The correct answer was :they were all in the same key.

[@matthewmead1646]

Taylor Orr hell yeah I forgot about that contest. I submitted an answer that they had played all the song in different keys than how they are normally performed (wasn't a musician then) I can't remember off the top of my head that first set..what key was it...A?

[@jodyneal4969]

D except for Driver

[@Spiderheard]

This Friday!!!

[@derekpirner9015]

I think headstashtx is on to something...

[@elaztec.aztecca]

A yo e remember the contest first set? Treys birthday shindig after the Birmingham Cities Funk fest “it’s ONLY the river...!”

[@Gumbo72203]

Poor Fishman.... everybody else gets to have fun and make crazy noises. He has to play the same thing for 20 minutes lol

[@biegs28]

I don't think anyone has seen or heard him play and said "aw poor Fishman" like ever before in history.

[@phanphorever1416]

Its true tho....Just like how in Sand or First Tube Troy handcuffs Mike to that bassline...its all Hood tho i guess

[@Johndoe-gd4tb]

its a flow

[@deweytucker5413]

Gumbo72203 that’s funny true stuff

[@elaztec.aztecca]

Gumbo72203 poor nothing you flakeypoo Fish gets locked into the zone and finds Samadhi in his trance he’s the Buddha with the bow and arrow man..,

[@bobscomix]

Yo

[@sybo7617]

Type ???

[@sybo7617]

Good lord!!!

[@ethanschwartz]

17

[@thenut8522]

and they don't even finish it!

[@headphish1]

yo

[@tydariusevans1599]

Memphis should be the Capital of Tennessee because it's like Memphis has more exciting stuff in the world then Nashville

[@JimmyNick_]

LOL

[@Sound0ne]

If I was at this show I would have proper shit my pants at 10:55

[@thejestersarchives]

Could be,,,,,

[@benharris6402]

Should be...

[@peelsreklaw]

Doobie...

[@HogansDisciple]

lmao i was at that show when i was 17. Lived in a kids home at the time and somebody donated us tickets to phish. Need less to say we didnt stay long because when lights went down everybody blazed weed and a girl in our group saw a guy with a big bag and snitched and had him arrested. Unforgetable!!!

[@mulchies]

HogansDisciple what a b

[@kylec6331]

who the fuck goes to a phish show and snitches

[@incidentalist]

@@kylec6331 Can usually spot them :D the older dudes in the TIE DYES!!!

[@chipinchina]

This comment sounds a little snive, but after listening to this, I really think Trey should start doing drugs again.

[@phanphorever1416]

Idk...great Spach but the Michael Jackson 2001 is more improv...fluid...and tight.

[@sybo7617]

You're right!!

[@pyite100]

I love the old stuff, but you guys are WAY WAY too into Phish 1.0. 2001 is one of the most improved songs in 3.0... plus they have good sound and video much of the time.

[@Luckdragon57]

I agree that there are many 1.0 songs that have improved in 3.0 (Carini and Sand immediately spring to mind), but I can’t agree on this one. I’ll grant that 3.0 2001s aren’t the paint by numbers uninspired renditions like all the 3.0 Bowies and most of the Antelopes, but late ‘96-‘00 is peak period for 2001